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Konarka's world-class team of scientists and support staff combines talented theorists and practical process specialists, including the inventors of our breakthrough cold-sintering process from the University of Massachusetts, and leading scientists from the technology development and engineering divisions of many leading organizations.
Our team provides Konarka with a solid technical foundation in all related fields of technology development including: photonics; photochemistry; physics; organic chemistry; materials science; polymers; and fluid mechanics. Furthermore, our team has the knowledge and experience to bring products from the laboratory into production.
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Howard Berke
Chairman & CEO
Howard Berke has over 25 years hands-on management experience launching, building and leading both public and private technology companies. This includes 18 years of general management with full P&L responsibility for eight start-up companies and nine years of business development and marketing focusing on emerging technologies.
Mr. Berke has founded or co-founded 12 start-up companies and has initiated and completed numerous corporate acquisitions, mergers and R&D joint ventures in the US, Europe and Asia. He continues to advise start-up companies and entrepreneurs in a wide range of fields including medical, biotech, software, networking, telecon and energy technology.
Mr. Berke received his MBA from the University of Chicago and his BA from Yale University. His academic training includes finance, accounting. operations, corporate law, architecture and physics.
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Daniel Patrick McGahn
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
McGahn joins as Konarka's Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer to drive the company's growth, commercialization of products and market expansion.
McGahn previously served as COO and General Manager at Hyperion Catalysis, the world leader in carbon nanotube manufacturing and application development, where he managed the company's domestic and international operations in 16 countries, directed product development and led the build-out of Hyperion's manufacturing facilities. Under McGahn's leadership, Hyperion Catalysis launched over 40 revolutionary products used in automobiles, fuel connectors and filters, computer hard drives and semi-conductor handling, processing and control systems, packaging, copy machine handling and imaging instrumentation. Prior to Hyperion, McGahn served as the Director of Business Development and Operations for IGEN International where he developed biological detection and measurement systems and was responsible for product development, marketing and operations. McGahn holds a B.S. in Ocean Engineering and a Master of Engineering degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Randolph W. Chan
Executive Vice President of Operations, Manufacturing, and Engineering
Randolph Chan brings more than 20 years of experience at three Fortune 500 companies and two start-ups serving the electronics and consumer products industries. He is responsible for all activities governing manufacturing and product engineering, from production planning to initial manufacturing and scale-up. Chan spent the past four years creating and implementing the strategy for business and product development groups at E Ink, and managing all operational and manufacturing activities. Prior to Konarka, he led the team at Avery Dennison that was responsible for the invention, development, process qualification and commercialization of a proprietary electronically active label. As a result, a new division was created to produce Duracell's Powercheck® on-cell battery label tester at a volume exceeding two billion labels annually. A business and product development engineer with an exceptional track record for program management and execution, Chan received his M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University and his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California, Davis.
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Dr. Russell Gaudiana, Ph.D.
Vice President, Research and Development
Dr. Gaudiana oversees Konarka's R&D efforts, including the development of the technology roadmap, budgeting, staffing and project leadership. He joined Konarka after 27 years at Polaroid, where he managed the Chemical Research Division of R&D, comprised of five departments and more than 75 members of the technical staff. Dr. Gaudiana holds 37 U.S. patents and has authored or co-authored more than 50 publications. He is also the executive editor of the Journal of Macromolecular Science - Pure and Applied Chemistry and Macromolecular Reports. Dr. Gaudiana earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Seton Hall University, a M.S. in Polymer Chemistry from Wright State University, and a Ph.D. in Photochemistry from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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Edmund Montello
Director of Engineering and Process Development
Montello's responsibilities include creating product and process intellectual property, integrating all cell construction operations into a continuous web-converting process, and determining cell-patterning requirements from starting substrate to final cell configuration. Montello brings over 30 years experience in imaging R&D at Polaroid, where he was involved with product and process development, technical operations management, technology development and people development. Among his areas of expertise are product and process scale-up protocols, thin film-coating technology, fluid technology, and cycle-time reduction. Montello earned his B.S. in Engineering Science from Boston University and an A.S. in Biochemistry from Northeastern University.
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David Waller
Director of Organic Chemistry
Waller, who is in charge of designing new, efficient, sensitizing dyes for nanocrystalline TiO2 cells, has extensive knowledge in organic and dye chemistry. He spent 26 years at Polaroid, culminating as Senior Research Manager for the Organic Chemistry Department and Chemical Leader/Strategist for major product development programs. Among his accomplishments at Polaroid were designing and developing opacification dyes used in all of Polaroid's major film products, as well as designing and commercializing new, light, stable ink-jet dyes. Waller, who holds 36 U.S. patents, also authored a chapter in Elsevier's Colorants for Non-textile Applications. He earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Texas Christian University and a M.S. in Chemistry from Northeastern University.
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Kevin McGuire
Controller
Mr. McGuire is responsible for the oversight of all financial and administration management issues as Konarka expands its operations. This includes managing banking relationships, financial forecasting, capital appropriations, cost control, purchasing, human resources, IT and accounting. He has established internal financial policies and procedures, and is also responsible for human resource planning and implementing IT management systems. Mr. McGuire brings 22 years experience in financial management, planning, and analysis as well as customer support management with HADCO, Honeywell Information Systems, and a private partnership. Mr. McGuire earned his Masters in Business Administration from Babson College, and his B.S. in Accounting from Merrimack College.
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Dr. Keith Brooks, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Dr. Brooks is based in Switzerland, and serves as technology liaison among Konarkas European and US activities and EPFL (the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). Dr. Brooks is a materials scientist who brings extensive and direct technical expertise, having worked with Dr. Grätzel for three years as a technology transfer coordinator and a photovoltaic thin film R&D manager. Dr. Brooks also served as R&D manager for Greatcell Solar SA in Switzerland, where he was responsible for all aspects of dye-sensitized solar cell product development. In addition to his responsibility as technology liaison, Dr. Brooks works with Dr. Grätzel on materials development to identify and develop opportunities for funding from European partners. An accomplished scientist, Dr. Brooks has authored more than 85 publications over the past ten years. Dr. Brooks earned his Ph.D. in Ceramic Science in 1990 and his B.S. in Ceramics Engineering in 1987, both from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in New York.
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